baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent JP-2008125047-A (JP)
Title: Noise reduction method
Inventor: CHIANG JIA-JIE
IPC: H04N1/409
Filed: 2007-06-15
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a noise reduction method for reducing noises of an image frame by which the noises of the image frame can be effectively reduced.  <P>SOLUTION: The noise reduction method for reducing the noises of the image frame is disclosed, wherein the image frame consists of a plurality of data rows. The method includes the following step of selectively performing a one-dimensional median algorithm at least twice and a slope algorithm at least once in each of the data rows of the image frame.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2009002202-A (JP)
Title: Starting device for internal combustion engine
Inventor: ASADA TOSHIAKI
IPC: F02N11/08
Filed: 2007-06-20
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a starting device for an internal combustion engine capable of appropriately inhibiting excessive load from being applied on a starting device by suitably estimating reverse rotation of a crankshaft.  <P>SOLUTION: Speed drop quantity ΔNE1 which is difference between first rotation speed NE1 at a point of time of suspension of combustion of air fuel mixture and second engine rotation speed NE2 after a predetermined period of time α elapses from the suspension of combustion of the air fuel mixture is calculated, and reverse rotation torque action period RP during which reverse rotation torque of a crankshaft acts on the starting device is estimated based on the speed drop quantity ΔNE. Drive of a starter motor is prohibited during the estimated reverse rotation torque action period RP.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2009005066-A (JP)
Title: Communication system, communication method, and communication device
Inventor: YAMASHITA IKUO
IPC: H04B10/572
Filed: 2007-06-21
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a communication system capable of coping with high-speed communication while simplifying the configuration of a terminal side in a time division multiple access network.  <P>SOLUTION: In the communication system 100, a base station device 1 transmits an optical data signal including downlink data 1, 2, to n, and a plurality of optical pulse signals for distinguishing these data mutually to a transmission path 20. The plurality of optical pulse signals have wavelengths λ1 to λn each. The wavelengths λ1 to λn are determined based on the wavelength dispersion characteristics of the inside of a pulse generation section 12 so that the plurality of optical pulse signals arrive at a repeating installation 2 sequentially at intervals equal to a time slot of the optical data signal. The repeating installation 2 uses the plurality of optical pulse signals to extract each of a plurality of downlink data from the optical data signal.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2009000318-A (JP)
Title: Rice cooker
Inventor: MIKAMI NAOKI
IPC: A47J27/00
Filed: 2007-06-22
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rice cooker cooking rice to perfect softness without impairing eating quality, reducing the power consumption and improving the energy conservation.  <P>SOLUTION: This rice cooker which has a temperature sensor 7 at the bottom of an inner pot 2 detachably stored in a body 1, and cooks the rice and water put in the inner pot 2 into boiled rice via respective steps of pre-cooking, rice cooking, and steaming, includes a control part 9 for preventing a lid heater 5 and a heating means 4 from heating in the pre-cooking step, heating the inner pot 2 by the heating means 4 in the cooking step, stopping the heating by the heating means 4 in the steaming step and preventing the lid heater 5 from heating in a first half of the cooking and later allowing it to heat the inner lid 6.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2009008922-A (JP)
Title: Broad polarizing plate and its manufacturing process
Inventor: NISHI TEIZO
IPC: B29L11/00
Filed: 2007-06-28
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a broad polarizing plate which is applicable to a 100 inch class liquid crystal display panel and to provide its manufacturing process.  <P>SOLUTION: The broad polarizing plate is manufactured by subjecting a poly(vinyl alcohol) film unwound out of a roll to stretching treatment for stretching it in a roll width direction and shrinking it in a roll winding direction and subjecting both surfaces of the poly(vinyl alcohol) film after stretching treatment to lamination treatment with a tack film.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2009006953-A (JP)
Title: Cup holder apparatus
Inventor: KOGA TAKASHI
IPC: B60N3/10
Filed: 2007-06-29
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently store mainly large plastic bottle, etc.  <P>SOLUTION: A cup holder apparatus has a large size plastic bottle storing form 14 capable of storing and holding one large size plastic bottle 13 and a small size plastic bottle storing form 16 capable of storing and holding two small size plastic bottles 15, which are changeable each other.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2009011355-A (JP)
Title: Game machine
Inventor: NASU TAKASHI
IPC: A63F5/04
Filed: 2007-06-29
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of reporting to the outside that a main controller is fraudulently exchanged.  <P>SOLUTION: A door detection sensor is connected to both of a main controller and a display controller, and when a front surface door is closed to a case body, a door closing command is transmitted from the main controller to the display controller. Also, in the display controller, when the door closing command is not received from the main controller after the prescribed time after the closing operation of the front surface door is confirmed, it is reported to the outside that there is the possibility that the main controller is exchanged. Thus, even when the main controller is exchanged with the fraudulent one, since it can be reported when the front surface door is closed, the outside can be made to recognize that there is the possibility that the main controller is exchanged.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2009016146-A (JP)
Title: Plasma treatment device and plasma treatment method
Inventor: KITO RYOJI
IPC: B29L23/00
Filed: 2007-07-04
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a plasma treatment device for performing plasma treatment in a short time without damaging a treatment object.  <P>SOLUTION: The plasma treatment device comprises a high frequency power source 2 for generating a sub-microwave or microwave band high frequency signal S and controlling the electric power of the high frequency signal S, and an emitter 14 for inputting and emitting the high frequency signal S. The high frequency signal S whose electric power is controlled is outputted from the high frequency power source 2 to the emitter 14 to generate high-density plasma P near the emitter 14 in a treatment object tube 5 into which plasma discharge gas G is supplied, thereby applying efficient treatment to the inner face of the treatment object tube 5 by the plasma P.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2007268308-A (JP)
Title: Device and method for image processing
Inventor: ARAHATA HIROYUKI
IPC: H04N1/409
Filed: 2007-07-05
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To freely adjust the width of a concentration distribution of an image while maintaining an amplitude of the high-frequency component of an input image.  <P>SOLUTION: Using a pixel value fd(x, y) of a processed image, a pixel value fuso(x, y) of the smoothing image of a first image (conversion image which undergoes gradient conversion of the input image) f0(x, y), a pixel value f1(x, y) of a second image (input image), a pixel value fus(x, y) of the smoothing (low-frequency) image of the second image, a function F() for controlling a processing effect, and coordinates x, y on the image, image processing by respective means 101-106 is carried out so as to be expressed by an arithmetic expression: fd(x, y)=fuso(x, y)+F(f1(x, y))×(f1(x, y)-fus(x, y)).  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2009017797-A (JP)
Title: Combine harvester
Inventor: GOTO YOSHIAKI
IPC: A01F12/60
Filed: 2007-07-10
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a combine harvester which holds a necessary capacity in a grain storage portion, has a small width, and can obtain an excellent state on the aspect of stability.  <P>SOLUTION: This combine harvester has a travel machine frame equipped with a pair of right and left crawler travel devices 1, 1, an operation portion disposed on one lateral side of the front portion of the travel machine frame, a reaping pre-treatment device 3 swingably and liftably connected to the other lateral side of the travel machine frame, a plurality of lifting devices 30L, 30R laterally arranged side by side in the reaping pre-treatment device 3, and a thresher 4 and a grain storage portion 5 laterally arranged side by side on the travel machine frame. A distance D2 between the lateral center 21C of a ground wheel 21 in the crawler travel device 1 near the grain storage portion 5 among a pair of the right and left crawler travel devices 1, 1 and the lateral outer end 5a of the grain storage portion 5 is smaller than a distance D1 between the lateral center 21C of a ground wheel 21 in the crawler travel device 1 near the thresher 4 among a pair of the right and left crawler travel devices 1, 1 and the lateral outside end 4b of the thresher 4.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2009019388-A (JP)
Title: Coupling, coupling structure, and method of manufacturing coupling
Inventor: NAKAMURA MASAHIRO
IPC: E01D19/04
Filed: 2007-07-11
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a coupling attachable to a structure at low cost, a coupling structure using the coupling, and a method of manufacturing the coupling.  <P>SOLUTION: This coupling 10 comprises a rubber body 12, a first coupling member 16, a second coupling member 18, a first bolt 17, and a second bolt 19. The first coupling member 16 and the second coupling member 18 are connected to links 14A, 14C forming the end part of a chain 14 buried in the substantially U-shaped rubber body 12, respectively. In the first coupling member 16 and the second coupling member 18, the U-shaped both end parts 16B, 18B are exposed from the end part of the rubber body 12, and through holes are formed at the mutually opposed positions of the U-shaped both end parts, respectively.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2009019975-A (JP)
Title: Probe assembly and method for manufacturing the same
Inventor: YOKOUCHI MASATOSHI
IPC: G01R1/073
Filed: 2007-07-11
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for manufacturing a probe assembly capable of applying roughly uniform thermal energy to a connection part between a connection pad in a connection pad array or a separated connection pad and a probe by obviating the need of control of laser energy corresponding to arrangement of the connection pads.  <P>SOLUTION: This method for manufacturing the probe assembly is constituted with the use of thermal energy of laser light for connecting the plurality of connection pads provided on a probe substrate to the probes placed on the respective connection pads. A dummy connection pad to which the probe is not to be bonded is formed to a portion in the vicinity of at least one connection pad on the probe substrate in order to make the thermal energy to be uniform, the thermal energy being generated by radiation of laser light to each of the connection pads between the connection pads and the respective probes.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2009021877-A (JP)
Title: Driving method for solid-state imaging apparatus, and the solid-state imaging apparatus
Inventor: MANABE AYAFUMI
IPC: H04N5/341
Filed: 2007-07-12
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress reduction of charge transfer efficiency, as much as possible, even if the vertical transfer term is shortened.  <P>SOLUTION: During a vertical transfer term, four kinds of pulse signals V1-V4 of a vertical transfer signal determined for each electrode are supplied to each of a plurality of electrodes, disposed on a vertical transfer path and during a horizontal transfer term, and two kinds of pulse signals H1, H2 of a horizontal transfer signal determined for each electrode are supplied to each of a plurality of electrodes, disposed on a horizontal transfer path. During the horizontal transfer period, the pulse signal H1 alternately repeats level Ha and level Hb. During the vertical transfer period, a level Hc is supplied to an electrode on a portion of the horizontal transfer path which is adjacent to the vertical transfer path.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2009020050-A (JP)
Title: Method and apparatus for measuring surface shape of specimen
Inventor: MIZUTANI NAOKI
IPC: G01B5/28
Filed: 2007-07-13
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and an apparatus for measuring a surface shape of a specimen capable of preventing a probe from jumping without applying strong force to the specimen.  <P>SOLUTION: Control operation takes place in a short time, which comprises detection of vertical displacement of the probe on a surface to be measured by a sensor, calculation of speed and acceleration of the probe based on the detection of the displacement of the probe, detection of the probe jumping by monitoring at least one of the speed and the acceleration of the probe in real time and current control on a probe pressure generator of the probe. A probe pressure applied to the probe is increased only when the probe is in the air, and the probe pressure is restored to the original state before the probe again comes into contact with the specimen.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2009022312-A (JP)
Title: Game medium replenishing system
Inventor: ISHIKAWA SHINYA
IPC: A63F5/04
Filed: 2007-07-17
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a replenishing system capable of swiftly satisfying the request for replenishment of game media.  <P>SOLUTION: The game medium replenishing system includes a replenishment setting means S1 and a replenishment stop setting means S2 set in an external device; a detection means comprising detection parts S3-S5 and S8 for detecting the quantity of stored game media at a plurality of locations in the vertical direction in a storage tank, and an outside output part 7 for transmitting detection signals of the detection parts to the outside; and replenishment control means comprising a replenishment setting confirming means S6 connected to the respective detection parts and a replenishment stop confirming means S7 connected to the respective detection parts. The replenishment setting confirming means S6 and the replenishment setting means S1 are connected to each other, and the replenishment stopping means S1 is selectively connected to one of the detection parts connected to the replenishment setting confirming means S7, so that the quantity of game media stored in the storage tank when the replenishment stop setting means S2 is operated is equal to or more than the quantity of game media stored in the storage tank when the replenishment setting means S1 is operated.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2009023400-A (JP)
Title: Smoking detector
Inventor: OZAKI OSAMU
IPC: B60H1/24
Filed: 2007-07-17
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a smoking detector capable of detecting object person's smoking with high accuracy.  <P>SOLUTION: This smoking detector 1 includes an ECU 2 detecting driver's smoking in a cabin. An infrared camera 3 and a smoke neutralizer 4 are connected to the ECU 2. The ECU 2 includes a face direction determining section 5, an eye-closure determining section 6, a distance measurement processing section 7, and a smoke detection processing section 8. The face direction determining section 5 determines the face direction of a driver, and also sets the presence discriminating area of a cigarette burning portion according to the face direction. The smoke detection processing section 8 detects the driver's smoking by searching a high temperature area as the candidate area of the cigarette burning portion in the presence discriminating area.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2009026533-A (JP)
Title: Electrolyte membrane for fuel cell, and manufacturing method thereof
Inventor: KUSAKARI TOSHIAKI
IPC: H01B1/06
Filed: 2007-07-18
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electrolyte membrane for a fuel cell having the surface area enlarged by forming a recessed part on the surface of the electrolyte membrane when a hydrocarbon-based polymer electrolyte membrane is used as the electrolyte membrane.  <P>SOLUTION: The hydrocarbon-based polymer electrolyte membrane for the fuel cell has an almost circular or elliptical opening part on the surface.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2009022473-A (JP)
Title: Game machine, server and game system
Inventor: KONDO KENSUKE
IPC: A63F5/04
Filed: 2007-07-18
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine which can alter the brightness of images shown on an image display device.  <P>SOLUTION: The game machine is provided with a microphone to convert input sounds to an electric signal, the image display device capable of displaying images, a waveform data generation means which generates input sound waveform data representing the waveforms of the input sounds, a waveform determination means which determines whether the specified waveform pattern is contained in the waveforms of the input sounds represented by the waveform data of the input sounds, a decision means which determines the value for indicating the brightness of the image display device from at least a part of the waveform data of the input sounds when the determination is given by the waveform determination means that the specified waveform pattern is contained in the waveforms of the input sounds, and an adjusting means which adjusts the brightness of the image display device from the value determined by the decision means.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2008047102-A (JP)
Title: Image processing apparatus and image processing method
Inventor: TAKITA KENJI
IPC: H04N19/182
Filed: 2007-07-18
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce contouring and coding distortion in an image while preventing roughness in the image.  <P>SOLUTION: This image processing apparatus for reducing distortion in an input image includes: a masking signal generating unit 101 that generates a masking signal for reducing the distortion; and a masking signal adding unit 102 that adds the masking signal to the input image, wherein the masking signal generating unit 101 includes: a level difference processing unit 105 that smoothes a level difference between pixel values of pixels in the input image; a difference calculating unit 106 that calculates a difference between the input image and an image which has been processed by the level difference processing unit 105; and a random number setting unit 108 that sets an amplitude so as to make the amplitude decrease as the difference approaches a predetermined value and creates a random number having the set amplitude.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2008107320-A (JP)
Title: Detection apparatus, detection method, and optically transparent member
Inventor: YAMAMOTO HIROAKI
IPC: G01N21/41
Filed: 2007-07-20
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a detection apparatus capable of detecting deterioration in accuracy, and to provide a detection method and an optically transparent member therefor.  <P>SOLUTION: In the detection apparatus, convolution is performed by a convolution portion 80 contained in an image processing portion 38 for acquiring distribution information, indicating the spatial light intensity distribution of a light beam which is totally reflected at the interface of a dielectric block 52, after being made incident at a plurality of angles to the dielectric block 52 so that it is totally reflected at the interface; then, the spatial frequency resolution is performed on the light intensity distribution indicated by the distribution information acquired, by a detection accuracy evaluating portion 86 included in the image processing portion 38, to thereby derive the light intensity distribution by each spatial frequency of the light beams; and accuracy is detected, by comparing the light intensity distribution derived with the threshold that is predetermined for each spatial frequency.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2009024975-A (JP)
Title: Air conditioner
Inventor: TAKAGI MASAHIKO
IPC: F24F13/06
Filed: 2007-07-23
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an air conditioner, having excellent dew condensation resistance of a shaft part of a wind direction plate at the end of a blow-off opening.  <P>SOLUTION: This air conditioner includes: a suction port 3 provided in the rear part of a casing 1; a blowing fan 2 provided in the vicinity of the suction port 3 in the casing 3 to blow the interior air 9 sucked from the suction port 3; a heat exchanger 5 disposed on the downstream side of the blowing fan 2 in the casing 1 to perform heat exchange with the interior air 9 blown by the blowing fan 2; the blow-off opening 6 provided in the front of the casing 1 to blow off secondary air 10 heat-exchanged in the heat exchanger 5; and the wind direction plate 8 disposed in the blow-off opening 6 and turned in the vertical direction to change the wind direction in the vertical direction, wherein a wall 13 for decreasing the wind speed of the secondary air 10 in the periphery of the shaft part of the wind direction plate is provided on the upstream side of the shaft part 8b of the wind direction plate 8 so that its width is set larger than the diameter of the shaft part of the wind direction plate, and the tip thereof is set not to strike a frame part 8c of the wind direction plate.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2009032743-A (JP)
Title: Abnormality detecting device for photovoltaic power generation system
Inventor: HASEGAWA JUICHI
IPC: H01L31/04
Filed: 2007-07-24
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an abnormality detecting device for specifically knowing a trouble of a photovoltaic power generation system.  <P>SOLUTION: The abnormality detecting device is used to detect the presence/absence of an abnormality in the photovoltaic power generation system having a string containing a plurality of interconnected solar cell modules. The device includes a control unit which executes a program to carry out a given control operation, an operating unit which is connected to the control unit and outputs a signal corresponding to an input operation to the control unit, a first measuring unit which is connected to the control unit and inputs a given pulse signal to the string to detect a reflected wave from the string, a first camera which is connected to the control unit and takes a first image including an image of the string, and a display unit which is connected to the control unit and displays an image based on a command from the control unit.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2008007781-A (JP)
Title: Surface modified carbonated material
Inventor: MICHOT CHRISTOPHE
IPC: H01M8/00
Filed: 2007-07-25
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To graft a polymer at the surface of a carbonated material containing carboxyl, amine and/or hydroxyl functions at its surface.  <P>SOLUTION: The carbonated material is suspended in a solution comprising the polymer to be grafted, which includes the carboxy, amine and/or hydroxy function, and also comprising a solvent of the polymer. This is followed by a treatment causing dehydration into a carboxy function, an amide and/or hydroxy function and the polymer is thus grafted on the carbonated material by means of ester or amide bonds. The surface-modified carbonated material is used in the cathode or anode of an electrochemical generator, in a polymer material with low polarity, in an ink, and as a conductive deposit on flexible plastic used as electrical contact, electromagnetic protection and antistatic protection.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT